To pronounce, to speak words with particular regard to the grammatical marks or rules.

Having got somebody to mark the last syllable but one, where it is long, in words above two syllables (which is enough to regulate her pronunciation, and accentingthe words) let her read daily in the gospels, and avoid understanding them in Latin, if she can.Locke on Education, § 177.

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